Esther Jeanette Cook
June 19, 2015
Esther Jeanette Cook, 98, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Friday June 19, 2015 at the Western Home Communities Elizabeth Martin Health Center. She was born July 30, 1916 in Grundy County near Cedar Falls, the daughter of Frank and Pearl (Bickner) Mathes. She married Clyde K. Cook May 21, 1933 in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death January 17,...
Brody Spencer Harrelson
June 17, 2015
Brody Spencer Harrelson, 18 months, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. He was born December 11, 2013, the son of Michael and Shannon R. (Burroughs) Harrelson. Brody was always happy with bright blue eyes. He loved his brother, Caleb, Thomas the Tank Engine, books, playing catch and being chased. He has lots of...
John Rider
June 13, 2015
John Carol Rider, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, June 13, 2015 at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born August 17, 1931 in Galesburg, Missouri, the son of Roscoe and Bonnie (Brown) Rider. He married Barbara Ellen "Sally" Gillard in 1952 in Laramie, Wyoming. She preceded him in death in 1967. He married Dianne Bigler August 15, 1968...
Sylvia Graves
June 12, 2015
Sylvia M. Graves, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, June 12, 2015 at Windsor Nursing Home in Cedar Falls. Sylvia was born October 12, 1927 in Inwood, Iowa, the daughter of Eli and Lettie (Salveson) Olson. She married Alan Hersleff March 4, 1949 and he preceded her in death. She later married Billy Z. Graves December 26, 1975 at Graettinger,...
Betty Beaudoin
June 8, 2015
Betty L. Beaudoin, 87, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, June 8, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Betty was born March 15, 1928 in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Harry & Sara (Jeffers) Vaughn. She married Edward Shields April 28, 1946 in Cedar Falls and they later divorced. Betty married Bernard Beaudoin July 20, 1979 in Cedar Falls. He...
Irvin Baldwin
June 5, 2015
Irvin H. Baldwin, 88, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. He was born August 3, 1926, in Charles City, Iowa, the son of Otto and Mary (Girkin) Baldwin. Irvin married Alice Wright on June 13, 1953 in Charles City. He was a 1945 graduate of Immaculate Conception High School in...
Marian Andreessen
June 5, 2015
Marian Andreessen, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, June 5, 2015, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born April 15, 1925, in Aplington, Iowa, the daughter of Arend and Susan (Molendorp) Naber. Marian married Edward Andreessen November 27, 1943, in Cedar Falls. He preceded her in death April 26, 1972. Marian was a graduate of New Hartford...
Mary Lee Dove
May 30, 2015
Mary Lee Norton Dove, 79, of New Hartford, Iowa, went to be with her Lord in the early hours of Saturday, May 30, 2015, after a fall at home and hospitalization at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. She was born November 25, 1935 in New Hartford, the daughter of Harry and Agnes (Aagaard) Norton. Mary Lee was united in...
John R. Miller
May 23, 2015
John R. Miller, 73, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, May 23, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born May 11, 1942 in Cedar Falls, the son of Donald Hugh and Mary (Hansen) Miller. John married Marilyn Thornblade on June 27, 1965 in Manly, Iowa. John graduated from Cedar Falls High School and attended Iowa State University....
Ward Bickford
May 23, 2015
Ward W. Bickford, 81, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Western Home Communities, from complications of Alzheimer's Disease. He was born February 17, 1934, in Rockwell City, Iowa, the son of Oscar and Anna (Healy) Bickford. Ward married Phyllis Offe May 29, 1955, in Rockwell City. He was a graduate of Rockwell City High School and obtained...
Mary Ann Mccabe
May 18, 2015
Mary Ann McCabe, 83, of Cedar Falls, died at her home on Monday, May 18, 2015. She was born May 3, 1932 in Floyd, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Nannie (Sindt) Emmel. Mary Ann married Merlin McCabe on May 8, 1954 in Charles City, Iowa. Mary Ann graduated from Charles City High School and attended the University of Northern...
Rev. Homer Larsen
May 17, 2015
The Rev. Homer A. Larsen, 91, died Sunday, May 17, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes, Cedar Falls. He was born on March 31, 1924, in Westbrook, Maine, the only child of John and Lena Jensen Larsen. In 1941 Homer left his beloved state of Maine to attend Dana College in Blair, Neb. While at Dana, he met Eunice...
Marcella "Sally" Smith
May 17, 2015
Marcella "Sally" Frieda Smith, 93, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died at Thalman Square Western Home Communities on Sunday, May 17, 2015. She was born March 22, 1922 on a farm in Bremer County, near Waverly, the daughter of Carl Phillip and Frieda (Strein) Wagner. She married Fred J. Cerwinske January 21, 1939 in Charles City and he preceded her in...
Fern Malm
May 13, 2015
Fern M. Malm, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. She was born April 13, 1930, in McPherson, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph & Nan (Wann) Clark. Fern married Donald Malm January 26, 1951, in McPherson. He preceded her in death November 21, 2004. Survivors include two sons, David (Sandy) Malm of...
Claude "Jim" Nelson
May 10, 2015
Claude "Jim" Nelson, 82, of Cedar Falls, died at home on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Jim was born March 13, 1933, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Ernest Tanner and Gladys May (Crowell) Nelson. He married Virginia Roberts April 15, 1951, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hudson, Iowa. He received his GED from Hawkeye Tech in 1979. He worked in...
Richard A. Wittren
May 9, 2015
Richard A. Wittren, 92, of Cedar Falls, died Saturday, May 9, 2015, at UnityPoint Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He was born January 7, 1923, in Fairchild, Wisconsin, the son of Arthur and Bernice (Miller) Wittren. Richard married Betty Morelock on November 11, 1945, in Cedar Falls. She preceded him in death on May 11, 2005. Richard served in Patton's...
Edward Jamosky
May 8, 2015
Edward V. Jamosky, 91, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 8, 2015, at NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls. He was born February 14, 1924 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, the son of Frank and Sarah (Bielski) Jamosky. Edward married Alice Merz on August 10, 1950. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin and the University of...
Jess Grandon
May 6, 2015
Jess E. "Shorty" Grandon, 95, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center. He was born January 24, 1920 in Finchford, Iowa, the son of Arthur and Jessie (March) Grandon. Jess married Zelma Peterson in July of 1970 in Missouri. She preceded him in death on December 24, 2001. Jess was a jockey for...
Michael Haley
May 2, 2015
Michael D. Haley, 69, of Waterloo, died Saturday, May 2, 2015 at Cedar Valley Hospice Home. A Celebration of Life will be held later.
Mildred Hayes
April 30, 2015
Mildred Irene Hayes, 92, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Dike, Iowa, died Thursday, April 30, 2015, at the Western Home Elizabeth Martin Health Care Center. She was born December 20, 1922 in Hudson, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur and Sophia (Bulthuis) Collings. Mildred married Earl Hayes on August 12, 1952 in Plainfield, Iowa. He preceded her in death May 9,...
